Russian bombers rise – air alert in Ukraine
Von t-online, dpa, afp, Reuters
Updated on 05/14/2023 – 07:32Reading time: 54 min.
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Another nationwide air alert in Ukraine
3.15 a.m.: A nationwide air alert went off in Ukraine early Sunday morning. According to local media reports, the trigger should have been rocket launches by several strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force from the area of the Caspian Sea. Information from the war zone cannot be independently verified. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj arrived in Berlin on Saturday evening to hold talks about further arms deliveries.
US air defenses intercept Russian planes
1.44 am: The American air defense system Norad has now announced that several Russian military aircraft were intercepted near US airspace on Thursday. It is said to be six machines, some of which were located in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). However, they did not enter American airspace. At the same time, the US held air force exercises over Alaska.
The Russian aircraft are TU-95 bombers, tankers and SU-35 fighter jets. The US Air Force launched F-16 and F-22 fighter jets, tanker aircraft and an AWACS surveillance aircraft.
Norad said in his press release that Russian planes are repeatedly seen near American airspace and so far have not posed any threat. They would be identified upon sighting in the ADIZ and then channeled out. Since 2007 there have been an average of six to seven such incidents per year, and there have also been 15 incidents in one year.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyj landed in Berlin
12:45 a.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traveled to Germany for political talks for the first time since the Russian attack on his country. “Already in Berlin,” Zelenskyj tweeted early Sunday morning.
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This is how Ukrainian widows fight at the front
10:04 p.m.: When Russia invaded Ukraine, Svitlana Povar and her husband Semen made an agreement: she would stay at home for the sake of her son, he would go to the front so that one day their child could live in peace. But then Semen Powar was killed, Switlana found out about it on her 42nd birthday in September. Since then she no longer feels bound by the pact, she has volunteered for military service.
